unmineralized

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adj. Not mineralized

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The importance of this new discovery is that the area between these two zones was previously classified as unmineralized material due to a lack of drilling in the area and is now shown to include a well mineralized silver-gold-indium vein system.

Again, based on visual observations, disseminated nickel-iron alloy mineralization was intersected throughout the hole, to the end at 307 metres, with the exception of one 10.7 metre wide unmineralized gabbro dike and three zones of strong fault gouge, breccias and mylonite that ranged from 7.1 to 20.6 metres wide which did not contain obvious nickel alloy.

• Eliminating the right to use and occupy non-mineral public lands for ancillary facilities such as processing facilities, unmineralized rock storage areas, roads, etc., and making these uses discretionary, also creates intolerable uncertainties which will thwart mine development.